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BILL FILE. No. 528,947. Patented Nov. 13, 1894.

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BILL FILE.

No. 528,947. Patented Nov. 13, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

OTTO HOSSFELD AND PAUL KUSSNER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

BILL- FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,9t7, dated November 13, 1894. Application filed February 20,1893. Serial No. 468,083- (No model.) Patentedin England February 9, 1894, No. 2,924.

Z0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OTTO HOSSFELD, merchant, of Paulstrasse 7, Berlin, N. 7., and PAUL KiissNER, metal-worker, of J acobikirchstrasse 1, Berlin, 8., in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bill-Files, (patented in England February 9, 1894., No. 2,924,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bill files and has for its object to provide a filing case for bills, letters and other documents of asimple, inexpensive and durable construction, which shall possess certain advantages over other devices of a similar nature heretofore in use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of our invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we have illustrated in the accompanying drawings a file embodying our improvements, in which drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the file opened and ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 arerespectively plan and side views of the device showing it in its closed position. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views of the perforator, showing the same in its opened and closed positions respectively. Fig. 7 is a side view of the perforator in its closed position. Fig.8 is a sideoview of the complete file closed, and Fig. 9 is a detail view to be hereinafter referred to.

This port-folio possesses the great advantage of being highly practical and easy to handle,being combined at the same time with a perforator for the letters. It consists of the two side walls a-and c and the back b. On side a a plate d is fixed connected with a plate fby means of hinge e. .These two plates (1 and f form the paper perforator, d being provided with pins 9 g, and f with corresponding holes h h. Two wires 70 are hinged at z' to the plate f one of which has a bevel end land the other an offset m. On the back b a plate n is fixed to which are secured two wires q in two sleeve bearings o and p, which wires correspond with Z and m by a similar bevel and ofiset Z and m.

a" is a binding-piece fixed upon a and profollows: At first the letter is perforated by placing the paper edge close to the hinge e and by pressing plate fdown on d, now the letter is slid, with its holes on wires q and plate 75 is followed up, in order to press the letter against the others. By pushing now the plate t upward, so that the papers are compressed and then sidewise so that its -blade o enters the most convenient slit 8 of the binder, the papers will be held in a compressed condition. In order to take a letter out from the middle, the wires q and have to be joined together so that the bevel endsl and Z and the offsets m and m, overlap each other. The bevel Z thereby covers the bevel Z and the Offset m by slightly bending the wires is pushed under the offset m so that the wires 70 and q are fairly interlocked. Now in freeing the plate 25 said plate is pushed sidewise so as to free its bladeo from the slit in bind ing piece 7" whereupon said plate will be free so that it and a part of the letters may be passed from the wires g on wires 70, and any paper from the middle of the file may be removed.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A portfolio having in its back, a plate n with a slotted binder r said plate being provided with wires g in combination with a plate 25, hung on said wires and provided with a shoulderblade to fit any of the slits of the binder, substantially as set forth.

2. A portfolio having in its back a plate 12 with a slotted binder '1' said plate being provided with wires (1 adapted to slide in sleeve bearings in combination with a plate t, hung on said wires and provided with a shoulder blade to fit any of the slits of the binder, substantially as set forth.

3. A portfolio having in its back a platen with a slotted binder 0" said plate being. provided with wires q one having a beveled end, and the other having an offset and a perforated plate 25 slidingly mounted on said wires and adapted to enter the slots in the binder, in In witness whereof we have hereunto signed 10 combination with a paper perforator coinour names in the presence of two subscribing posed of two hinged plates provided with witnesses.

pins and corresponding holes, and having 5 hinged to one plate thereof two wires one with a beveled end and the other with an ofEset, corresponding to the bevel and offset of wires Witnesses:

q, substantially as described and shown in the JOH. WALLMANN,

drawings. W. HAUPT. 

